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Re: WTF when your groups blow up at long range? As I recall my 100yd targets are 2" & my 300yd targets are 6". Or so. I have a bunch of targets I downloaded form Benchrest Central. Sometimes I just put an orange dot in the middle of a sheet of white card stock so I can easier see the holes...
Re: WTF when your groups blow up at long range? Just came across this thread, wanted to put in a final post on what I found with the Savage 308. As it turns out, there was a bad spot in the barrel about 1/2 before the end. Looks like the reamer got cocked at an angle or something right before...
Re: Berger bullets Wow, that's really generous of you & congrats to whoever "wins". I don't want to say that my "need" is any more or less than the next guy, but I did have to stop buying Bergers due to cost when we had our first child & my wife stopped working. Love them, though. I'll put my...
Re: Best hunting 7mm-08 bullet for 18" barrel One of my hunting buddies uses a Rem 788 7mm-08 w/ an 18" barrel, I load for it. It shoots a 140gr TSX behind RL17 very well, I set it up to duplicate the factory load at around 2750 fps as I recall. It did not like Varget or H4895 at all with the...
Re: Savage F/TR Short chamber? 175 SMK C.O.L. I have a Savage 10 FCP in 308 & it's the same story, 175 GMM touch the lands. Shoots them well, though. I roll my own so it's really of no consequence- but on the flip side the DBM can take ~3.0" so it's kind of a dichotomy.
Re: Barnes Match Burner + PP2000MR? I've been trying the 175 BMB in my 10FP 308 with good results w/ Varget. They shoot as well as 175 SMKs with a better BC, for quite a bit less $$. Haven't stretched their legs yet though. My Savage doesn't like Amax, and it doesn't like anything lighter...
Re: Reloading a .357 Magnum Target round I agree with what Noah said. I will add that I have a 77/44, and the accuracy greatly improved when I added shims between the two halves of the bolt to tighten it up. Somewhere around .005" should be about right based on my experience & others I've...
Re: WTF when your groups blow up at long range? In a roundabout way I think I may have found an answer. The last few weeks I've been sorting out a deer rifle, a Win 70 6.5 Swedish. I sorted out great grouping loads @ 100 with the 130 TSX & the 140 Amax- <1MOA. Took it out to 200 to zero, and...
Re: WTF when your groups blow up at long range? I double checked my notes and the 45gr load is clocking 2790 fps with a spread of about 20 fps. 24" factory tube. Here's a question. Other than the 175 SMK, what other tangent ogive bullets might I try in that weight range? (Or, should I even...
Re: WTF when your groups blow up at long range? You know, I've always done load development at 100yds because I figured it would minimize wind issues, and there's always some wind here. My local range goes to 300 though so that'd be easy enough to change. There's also a range out here that...
Yesterday I saw something that I saw years ago. Rewind. Years ago I was working up loads for my Elk rifle, 300 WSM. I found a really great load w/ 168 TSX (secant ogive)- 3 shot groups ~ .5 moa at 100 yds. Consistent. One day I decided to click up & shoot 300yds for practice. Groups went to 2...
Re: Has anyone gone to a 21 3/4" barrel for accuracy? Here's the link, it's a worthwhile read. If I decide to try it out I'll let you know. http://www.angelfire.com/ma3/max357/houston.html
I read a pretty long article about what the guys were doing in the Houston warehouse back in the day, and they opined that the absolute best barrel length for accuracy is 21 3/4". My Savage 308 has a little weird spot in the grooves right at the end of the barrel so I was thinking about cutting...
Re: 8208 xbr versus Benchmark I shoot a lot of Benchmark in my 6PPC but it falls off over about 80°f. Based on a lot of reading over at benchrest central it would seem that XBR is close to the same speed but has the ability to hold groups in hotter temps. I picked up a pound but haven't...